Facebook's plan to unify WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger's backend has come under fire. Credit: Chesnot/Getty Images It may be early days for Facebook's plan to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp, and ...

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CHICAGO -- Social media platforms WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are down Wednesday in various countries due to a technical problem, Mark Zuckerberg said. According to Downdetector, the ...

WhatsApp and Messenger will eventually allow calls from third-party services, too — but only in the EU. WhatsApp and Messenger will eventually allow calls from third-party services, too — but only in ...

Facebook could be looking to merge some of its biggest and most-used services, according to a new report from The New York Times. According to the report, Mark Zuckerberg is asserting his control over ...

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger briefly went down Friday afternoon in an outage that prevented users from sending messages and refreshing their feeds. WhatsApp logo on the App Store ...

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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years ...

In an effort led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has plans to rearchitect WhatsApp, Instagram direct messages, and Facebook Messenger so that messages can travel across any of the platforms. The New ...

While all three apps will continue to work as stand-alone applications, the underlying messaging infrastructure will be integrated. For example, a Facebook Messenger user could message a WhatsApp user ...